US 12,402,766 B2
Method for operating a mobile, self-driving appliance
Frank Schnitzer, Bad Neustadt (DE); Stefan Hassfurter, Maroldsweisach (DE); and Katja Gnielka, Munich (DE)
Assigned to BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
Filed by BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/356,520.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 207 500.5 (DE), filed on Jul. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0023775 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. A47L 9/28 (2006.01); G01S 17/88 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 9/2805 (2013.01) [G01S 17/88 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a mobile, self-driving appliance or floor cleaning appliance or at least one of a vacuuming, sweeping or mopping robot, the method comprising:
operating the mobile, self-driving appliance or floor cleaning appliance or at least one of a vacuuming, sweeping or mopping robot;
using a detection facility provided for navigation to determine whether a cover element disposed on an appliance housing of the mobile, self-driving appliance, is open or closed;
determining whether the cover element is open or closed by detecting at least one obstacle in a region of the appliance housing and determining a position of the detected obstacle in relation to the cover element; and
upon the cover element being open, using the mobile, self-driving appliance to perform a driving maneuver for independently closing the cover element.